When Pekingese first arrived in Britain in the 1860s, they were called Pekingese Spaniels and were grouped together with...
Read MoreNot Just Another Pretty Face #3
There are those who say that purebred dogs have passed their “sell by date” because many can no longer do th...
Read MoreThe First Movie Dog. It Wasn’t Strongheart, Rin Tin Tin, or Lassie
The first dog to have a leading role in a motion picture wasn’t Strongheart, Rin Tin Tin, or Lassie. It was Jean,...
Read MoreFerris Bueller’s Rottie
What movie goer can forget the scene from the 1986 comedy, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, when student dean, Ed Roone...
Read MoreA Scientist’s Ally
The sighthound known as the Peruvian Inca Orchid is also known as the Peruvian Hairless Dog, but there is a coated vers...
Read MoreA Breed By Committee
One wouldn’t think that designing a dog by committee would end well, but Rudolf Frieß, Carl-Erich Grünewald, an...
Read MoreThe Lot of the Earth Dog
In 1934, Dr. William Bruette wrote a “job description” for the Scottish Terrier: “There the cairns in ...
Read MoreThe Newest Kind of Detection Dog Keeping Us Safe
These days, we’d have to live in a bubble not to have encountered one of the many kinds of detections dogs that ar...
Read MoreBernice Has Longer Hair
It happens to all of us. We can usually tell the difference between two similar (to us) breeds when they’re standi...
Read MoreMeet the “Baby” With Her Own Ski Pass
The baby is all grown up. Back in 2017, we told you about Steamboat Springs, the Colorado Ski Resort that welcomed the n...
Read MoreDog Show Firsts
The first “modern” conformation dog show was held in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, in June 1859, the only ...
Read MoreThree Dog Night: Which Breed Gets Bragging Rights?
Most of us familiar with the phrase, “Three Dog Night” associate it with the guys in the video below: The so...
Read MoreWords You Never Want to Have to Say
“My dog is missing,” “My dog has been stolen,” or “I can’t find my dog” have t...
Read MoreIt Looks a Little Suggestive. What IS it?
It probably took Rhodesian Ridgeback owners less than a nanosecond to recognize a ridge pattern, and many of us who atte...
Read MoreDenmark’s Two Hunting Breeds: This is One of Them
Denmark has two indigenous hunting dog breeds, and one of them is the Old Danish Pointer, sometimes called the Old Danis...
Read MoreExtinct Breeds Live on in Our Dogs
In the town of Llanidloes, Wales, you’ll find camping sites, guest houses, bistros and craft shops. What you won&...
Read MoreBiblically Speaking
Biblically speaking, the Greyhound is the only breed of dog mentioned by name in the good book appearing in Proverbs 30:...
Read MoreDo You Know Your White LGDs?
In the United States, the breed seen in this painting is called the Great Pyrenees, but in the United Kingdom and on the...
Read MoreWhat Breed Does This Remind You Of?
How many items in our daily lives take their name from a dog breed? Behold the bulldog pipe. It has a diamond shank, t...
Read MoreThe “Rough Going” Breed
“Rough going.” We understand why a breed standard would mention it in regards to stamina, a gamey spirit, ev...
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